The town centre in Helsingborg, southern Sweden, has been closed off for fear of Christmas decorations coming loose and causing damage.

There has been no shortage of traffic accidents either, with a local bus ending up in a ditch in Herrljunga, a truck upturned near Ljungby, and three trucks in a crasg near Tolkabro. The upturned truck, on the E4 motorway, has left long queues southbound motorists.

While traffic has been reopened along the Öresund bridge, there are still no train lines running in the southern reaches of Sweden.

In Stockholm, winds are expected to reach 15 metres a second later on Friday, and will bring snow with them.